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Castel Bay

Coordinates: 74°12′02″N 119°35′11″W / 74.20056°N 119.58639°W / 74.20056; -119.58639 (Castel Bay)[1]
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Castel Bay
Castel Bay is located in Northwest Territories
Castel Bay
Castel Bay
LocationM'Clure Strait
Coordinates74°12′02″N 119°35′11″W / 74.20056°N 119.58639°W / 74.20056; -119.58639 (Castel Bay)[1]
Ocean/sea sourcesArctic Ocean
Basin countriesCanada
SettlementsUninhabited

Castel Bay is a Canadian Arctic waterway in the Northwest Territories. It is a southern arm of M'Clure Strait on northeast Banks Island. The mouth of the larger Mercy Bay is less than 20 km (12 mi) to the east.These bays are a part of Aulavik National Park.

It is named by Vilhjalmur Stefansson in honour of Arctic explorer Aarnout Castel.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Castel Bay". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. 3 September 2024.
  2. ^ Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (1921). The friendly Arctic; the story of five years in Polar regions. New York: Macmillan Co. pp. 139, 140. OCLC 255330. castel bay.
  3. ^ Gazetteer of the Northwest Territories Archived September 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine